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Although early exposure to rich discourse is critical, clearly our ability to measure the quality of that discourse is crude at best. In fact, one could argue that vocabulary is nothing more than the secret handshake of the well educated and the high value placed on vocabulary in school (Rich 2013) is just another way the deck is stacked against children in poverty.

Quote ID: 02021

Author

Michael Gramling

Source

The Great Disconnect In Early Childhood Education

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